Very helpful, thank you! First time poster here.....I live in a 4-seasons-in-1-day location, with a lot of heavy rain in winter. As I'm a newbie to the region, our run and coop has been a work in progress. There was a LOT of mud over winter! The only shelter being a tarp which was no match for the "roaring 40s", the renowned westerlies in this part of southern Australia. We now boast a partially covered, fully wired (lots of predators in these parts) run and timber coop. As we come into warmer weather, I will be implementing some of the advice, namely raising the coop...There's a lot to be said for dry feet...(chicken and human) 
